How to Assess Your Horse’s Forage
Debra Powell, PhD, PAS
August 11, 2025
Learn about 5 key physical indicators of forage quality and how to gather a hay sample and interpret a chemical analysis.
Learn about 5 key physical indicators of forage quality and how to gather a hay sample and interpret a chemical analysis.
Get advice on encouraging a hard-keeper to eat more. The first step? Rule out health problems.
Learn about some of the common plants toxic to horses and their effects.
An equine nutritionist explains why your horse might waste concentrate and hay and how you can combat this.
Horse hair offers insights into health, genetics, stress, and even history. Read more in this article from the Summer 2025 issue of The Horse.
As horses age, they might need additional nutritional support. Read advice for feeding senior horses.
Soaking hay can reduce sugars for metabolic horses but must be managed carefully in summer to avoid mold. An equine nutritionist shares advice.
Don’t forget horses need calories to keep cool in the heat.
A reader’s horse that doesn’t like to drink when traveling recently tied up at an event. A nutritionist offers advice to get the horse to hydrate in the future.
An equine nutritionist explains how horses use dietary fats for energy and why some metabolic horses might need additional fat sources.
Choose safer times of day and grasses for your horses’ turnout while safeguarding their feet from laminitis.
Learn about feeding your new horse during transport, quarantine, and the first few weeks at his new home.
Read top tips and tricks for medicating your horse with everything from antibiotics and anti-inflammatory tablets to anti-ulcer pastes and deworming medications.
Do you know what to do–and just as importantly, what not to do–if your horse displays vague, mild, or serious signs of what might be colic? Your answer could save your horse’s life. Sponsored by Kentucky Performance Products.
Does your horse devour his meals? Slowing your speedy eater at mealtime can help prevent issues such as choke and wasted feed.
Consider these factors when thinking about your horse’s pasture forage quality. Read more in the Summer 2025 issue of The Horse.
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